HENRIETTA, Texas — You might be more likely to find a cowboy than a football player in Henrietta — a small town where horses, hats and hard work are part of the uniform. And last Friday, on the road to round two of the playoffs, you could find both.

As the Henrietta Bearcats’ team bus pulled onto Highway 287 bound for Coppell, a group of parents appeared on horseback — American and Henrietta flags in hand — pacing the bus so closely the players erupted inside. The moment, captured on video, didn’t just go viral. It went full Texas.

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But the men in those saddles? They want to make something clear.

“We’re not trying to get any fame off of this video stuff or any of that,” said Ross Coleman, one of the dads who organized the sendoff.

The spotlight wasn’t the

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